News - World News * US warns of possible conflict with N. Korea, China says situation could escalate

This undated picture released on April 26, 2017 shows the combined fire demonstration of the services of the Korean People’s Army

4/28/2017 

Washington, Reuters, 28 April 2017 - US President Donald Trump said a major conflict with North Korea was possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, while China said the situation on the Korean peninsula could escalate or slip out of control.

Trump, speaking to Reuters on Thursday, said he wanted to peacefully resolve the crisis, possibly through the use of new economic sanctions, although a military option was not off the table.

“There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea,” Trump said in an interview at the Oval Office. “We’d love to solve things diplomatically but it’s very difficult,” he said, describing North Korea as his biggest
global challenge.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said there was a danger that the situation on the Korean peninsula could escalate or slip out of control, according to China’s foreign ministry. Wang made the comments in a meeting with a Russian diplomat on Thursday at the United Nations , the ministry said in a statement.

China, the only major ally of North Korea, has been increasingly uncomfortable in recent months about its neighbor’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles in violation on UN resolutions. Trump lavished praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping for trying to rein in Pyongyang.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence leave a briefing for members of the US Senate on North Korea at the White House in Washington on April 26, 2017.

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